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1432 |
Gonzalo
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1480 |
Expedition
from Bristol to find the Island of Brazil |
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Buondelmonti 'The Book of the Islands of the Archipelago' |
1490
1492 |
Christopher
Columbus 'discovers' West Indies |
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1501 |
Joao
de Nova (Portugal) discovered Ascension Island |
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de Bermudez (Spain) discovered Bermuda |
1503 |
Joao
de Nova (Portugal) discovered St Helena |
| Discovery
of Tristan
da Cunha |
1506 |
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1513 |
Vasco
Balboa discovered Pacific Ocean (by crossing at Panama) |
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1516 |
Thomas
More: 'Utopia' in Latin |
| First
Voyage Around the World - Magellan |
1522 |
Antonio
Pigafetta published account of Magellan's Voyage |
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1551 |
Thomas
More: 'Utopia' translated into English |
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Richard
Eden's translation of:
"The Decades of the Newe Worlde" |
1555 |
included
a translation into English of Pigafetta's "Voyage" |
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of Shakespeare |
1564 |
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1574 |
Discovery
of the Juan Fernandez Islands |
| Raleigh's
attempt to colonise Virginia |
1585 |
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| Defeat
of Spanish Armada |
1588 |
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| Raleigh's
Expedition to to Guiana |
1595 |
The
search for 'El Dorado' |
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1601 |
Shakespeare's
'Twelfth Night' |
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1609 |
The
wreck of the 'Sea Venture' on Bermuda |
| Sylvester
Jourdain: 'A Discovery of the Barmudas otherwise Called the Ile of
Divels', Richard Rich :'Newes from Virginia: The Lost Flock Triumphant' |
1610
1611
1614 |
Shakespeare's
'The Tempest'
William Strachey a survivor of the Bermuda wreck wrote "A
True Reportory of the Wracke..." finally published in 1625
John Rolfe, a survivor of the Bermuda shipwreck marries Pocahontas |
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of Shakespeare |
1616 |
Pocahontas
visits England |
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1668 |
Henry
Neville: 'The Isle of Pines' published |
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| Sharp
and Ringrose leave 'Will' a Miskito Indian at Juan Fernandez |
1680
1681 |
Spanish
book full of sea charts and maps taken by Sharp |
| Island
in the Atlantic (probably one of the Falklands) named 'Samuel Pepys' |
1684 |
Exquemelin:
'Buccaneers of America' 2nd edition published to include account of
Bartholomew Sharp's
voyage |
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Dampier at Juan Fernandez - rescues 'Will' the Miskito Indian |
1685
1687
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Basil
Ringrose : 'Buccaneers of America' 2nd volume with account of Bartholomew
Sharp's and other voyages |
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| William
Dampier returns to England with native of Island of Gilolo |
1691 |
Thomas
Hyde: : 'An Account of the Famous Prince Giolo' published |
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1697 |
William
Dampier : 'A New Voyage Round the World' published with maps by Herman
Moll |
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Dampier survives shipreck on Ascension Island |
1701 |
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Selkirk maroons himself on Juan Fernandez |
1704 |
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rescued by Rogers, Dampier & Cook |
1709 |
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| Edward
Cook: 'A Voyage in the South Sea and Round the World' published |
1712 |
Woodes
Rogers: 'A Cruising Voyage Around the World' published
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Shelvocke and crew of 'The Speedwell' marooned on Juan Fernandez |
1719 |
Daniel
Defoe: 'Robinson Crusoe'
published
Herman Moll: New and Correct Map of the Whole World published |
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Roggeveen discovrs Easter Island |
1722 |
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1726 |
George
Shelvocke: 'A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea'
published
Jonathan Swift: 'Gulliver's Travels' published |
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1727 |
Peter
Longueville: 'The English Hermit' published |
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'Centurion'
at Juan Fernandez Island
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| Anson
in 'The Centurion' on Juan Fernandez |
1741 |
| Pitcairn
Island Discovered |
1767 |
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mutineers land on Pitcairn Island |
1790 |
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1797 |
Samuel
Taylor Coleridge: 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' |
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| Robert
Jeffery marooned on Sombrero Island |
1807 |
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| Richard
Henry Dana visited Juan Fernandez on board the 'Pilgrim' |
1839
1840 |
Richard
Henry Dana: 'Two years Before the Mast' published |
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1847 |
James
Fenimore Cooper, 'The Crater' |
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1850 |
Edgar
Allan Poe:The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket' published |
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1856 |
Herman
Melville's 'The Encantadas,
or Enchanted Isles' Published |
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| Wreck
of The "Wildwave" on Oeno Island and marooning on Pitcairn Island |
1858 |
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1875 |
Jules
Verne: L'Île mystérieuse (The Mysterious Island) Published
in 3 volumes |
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1883 |
Robert
Louis Stevenson: 'Treasure
Island' published |
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| Joshua
Slocum in 'The Spray' at Juan Fernandez |
1896 |
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